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RI to impose international travel ban on Ba'asyir Abdul Khalik and Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will effect various restrictive measures on Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, including a travel ban, due to the militant cleric's inclusion on the UN's consolidated list of terrorists. "As a responsible member of the UN, we will obey its Resolution No. 1267, which obliged us to ban those on the list from traveling, freeze their assets and impose ban on arms possession," Foreign Ministry spokesman Desra Percaya told a press briefing Friday. Under article 7 of its chapter on fighting terror, the UN asked the Security Council to list individuals with links to the Taliban, al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, including his entities and associates. The UN then issued Resolution No. 1267 listing thousands of people implicated in terror acts, including Ba'asyir among the 10 Indonesians. Desra said Indonesia had the mechanism for obeying the resolution and believed local law enforcers were aware of its contents and knew what to do. "We have the PPATK (Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center) to monitor his assets, as well as prosecutors and police to take necessary actions." The alleged spiritual leader of the militant Islamic group Jamaah Islamiyah was freed Wednesday after serving nearly 26 months for conspiracy in the Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, 88 of them Australian holidaymakers. Australia and the U.S. expressed their deep disappointment after Ba'asyir walked free. Warning that his release could instigate terror acts and inspire bombing perpetrators, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Indonesia had a responsibility to monitor Ba'asyir based on a UN resolution. Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that he had sent a letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressing his deep disappointment at the release. Desra dismissed Downer's suggestion, saying Indonesia was a sovereign country with its own position on the matter. "We won't let another country dictate to us. Australia has the right to deliver its opinion, but Indonesia also has the right to maintain its position as a sovereign state." Separately, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that he could understand Howard's feelings because many Australian citizens died in the bombings, but stressed Ba'asyir had no assets left that could be frozen. "Now that Ba'asyir is free, what assets are there to be confiscated? And I believe Howard understands the law. What assets of a free man can be confiscated? Even his Islamic boarding school belongs to the public. How can we freeze it?" he told reporters. Kalla said that a court cannot make a verdict based on evidence outside the law, and Indonesia operates according to its own law enforcement. "The UN may have indications (that Ba'asyir was involved in terrorist activities), but everything has to be done in accordance with Indonesian laws," he said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Hik1AB/bOaOAA/i1hLAA/aYWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Galang Dana Untuk Korban Gempa Yogya melalui Wanita-Muslimah dan Planet Muslim. Silakan kirim ke rekening Bank Central Asia KCP DEPOK No. 421-236-5541 atas nama RETNO WULANDARI. Mari berlomba-lomba dalam kebajikan, seberapapun yang kita bisa. ======================= Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Sejahtera mailto:keluarga-sejahtera@yahoogroups.com Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment .... Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
